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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. karim Karoui" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <karimkaroui551@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:33:59 +0400
Subject: Important Proposal

Hello My Friend
 
Please forgive me for contacting you with no antecedent, i got your contact while doing an intensive search for the lineage of a deceased customer. I am Karim Karoui, Chief Financial Officer First Gulf Bank in United Arab Emirates. I am contacting you concerning a customer and an investment placed under our banks management, as a matter of fact it was (9) years ago.  I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail private and also to kindly respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email. It require absolute confidential and of great interest and benefit to both of our families.
 
In 2007, the subject matter; Ref: FI/FGB/958/042/0500 came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our Private Banking Services Department, he informed us that he had a financial portfolio of USD$13,990,674 million United States Dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf. I was the officer assigned to him,  I made numerous suggestions in line with my duties as the Chief Financial Officer Department, especially given the volume of funds he wished to put into our bank.
 
The maturity date for this deposit contract was 27th of May 2016. Sadly he was among the death victims in the September 2009 earthquake in Indonesia that left over 1,200 people dead while he was there on business trip.  If you are familiar with private banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin.
 
Since the first quarter of 2016 until today, the management of my bank has been finding means to reach him so as ascertain if he will roll over the fund or have the contract sum withdrawn. When I discovered that this will happen, I have tried to think up a procedure to preserve this fund and use the proceeds for business. Therefore, am seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to benefit from his fund at his death, so that my bank headquarters will pay the funds to you. I have done enough inside bank arrangement and i only have to put in your details into the information network in the bank systems and reflect you as his next of kin, perfect operation whereby the paper work shall be co-ordinates in such a way that your status as a sole beneficiary is confirmed.
 
Upon receipt of the fund, i intend you keep 50% and 50% will be for me. If you're interested in my offer, please contact me strictly with this email.
 
I await your response.
 
Mr. Karim Karoui
Chief Financial Officer


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